Daily Blog •February 2, 2013

Covering college football as I do takes 52 weeks a year as it is and while I personally do not scout the high school games and rate each player I do compile my rankings based on the many different recruiting services across the country that follow and scout HS football year round. I not only like to use all of the biggest and best services, but I also use regional reports as well. The colleges themselves use many of these services to get the latest information on recruits.

When we receive a recruiting magazine, we translate each player's ranking into a points system from 1-100 and then log each and every player into the computer and give them a point total from each source. Naturally, the more they are mentioned and the higher they are rated by each publication, the more total points they accrue. After months of entering all of this information, I sort the list by position and by total points and then rank the players from most points to least. The top HS Senior lists have already been released by ESPN, Rivals, Scout, 247 Sports, Tom Lemming, Super Prep, Prep Star and G&W and all of them were compiled into this list.

In today's blog I have included the top High School Seniors that will be incoming frosh for 2013. By no means is this list final and it will be fluid until next Wednesday after the players sign. Since we want the college preview to continue to be the most in-depth and accurate magazine out there, if you find any information that is wrong or if you are questioning a player's ranking please contact brandon@philsteele.com.

Phil Steele's Updated "Top 100"
2013 Frosh Prospects

Rank Pos First Last HT WT 40 High School ST College
1 DL Robert Nkemdiche 6-5 260 4.8 Loganville Grayson GA N/A
2 DB Vernon Hargreaves 5-11 185 4.45 Tampa Wharton FL Florida
3 LB Jaylon Smith 6-3 218 4.55 Fort Wayne Bishop Luers IN Notre Dame
4 QB Max Browne 6-5 202 4.7 Sammamish Skyline WA USC
5 LB Reuben Foster 6-2 228 4.6 Auburn AL N/A
6 OL Laremy Tunsil 6-6 295 5.2 Lake City Columbia FL N/A
7 DL Montravius Adams 6-3 285 4.8 Vienna Dooly County GA N/A
8 DB Su'A Cravens 6-1 205 4.5 Murrieta Vista Murriesta CA USC
9 DB Kendall Fuller 5-11 189 4.5 Olney Our Lady Of Good Counsel MD Virginia Tech
10 WR Ricky Seals-Jones 6-5 215 4.6 Sealy TX Texas A&M
11 DL Kenny Bigelow 6-3 322 5 Elkton Eastern Christian Academy MD USC
12 RB Derrick Green 5-11 220 4.45 Richmond Hermitage VA Michigan
13 LB Matthew Thomas 6-4 210 4.71 Miami Booker T Washington FL N/A
14 TE OJ Howard 6-6 226 4.7 Prattville Autauga Academy AL Alabama
15 RB Derrick Henry 6-3 241 4.58 Yulee FL Alabama
16 RB Ty Isaac 6-3 215 4.5 Joliet Catholic IL USC
17 DL Carl Lawson 6-2 253 4.7 Alpharetta Milton GA Auburn
18 DL Eddie Vanderdoes 6-3 302 4.9 Auburn Placer CA N/A
19 QB Christian Hackenberg 6-4 215 4.6 Fork Union Military Academy VA Penn St
20 RB Thomas Tyner 6-0 200 4.4 Beaverton Aloha OR Oregon
21 WR Robert Foster 6-2 180 4.44 Monaca Central Valley PA Alabama
22 WR Jalin Marshall 6-0 190 4.5 Middletown OH Ohio St
23 WR Laquon Treadwell 6-3 190 4.5 Crete-Monee IL Mississippi
24 DL Dee Liner 6-2 274 4.7 Muscle Shoals AL N/A
25 OL Ethan Pocic 6-7 285 5.3 Lemont IL LSU
26 TE Adam Breneman 6-5 228 4.6 Camp Hill Cedar Cliff PA Penn St
27 QB Shane Morris 6-3 183 4.6 Warren De La Salle MI Michigan
28 DB Antonio Conner 6-1 205 4.53 Batesville South Panola MS N/A
29 DB Jalen Ramsey 6-0 190 4.45 Brentwood Academy TN USC
30 DL A'Shawn Robinson 6-4 302 5.1 Fort Worth Arlington Heights TX Texas
31 RB Greg Bryant 5-11 197 4.5 Delray Beach American Heritage FL Notre Dame
32 DL Jonathan Allen 6-3 225 4.5 Ashburn Stone Bridge VA Alabama
33 WR Marquez North 6-3 210 4.48 Charlotte Mallard Creek NC Tennessee
34 OL Kent Perkins 6-5 300 5.1 Dallas Lake Highlands TX Texas
35 RB Kelvin Taylor 5-11 215 4.6 Belle Glade Glades Day FL Florida
36 DB Mackensie Alexander 5-11 185 4.5 Immokalee FL N/A
37 DB Cameron Burrows 6-0 203 4.5 Trotwood-Madison OH Ohio St
38 OL Grant Hill 6-6 315 5.4 Huntsville AL Alabama
39 RB Ryan Green 5-10 190 4.4 St Petersburgh Catholic FL Florida St
40 DB Max Redfield 6-2 195 4.5 Mission Viejo CA Notre Dame
41 RB Altee Tenpenny 5-11 200 4.4 North Little Rock AR Alabama
42 DB Tahaan Goodman 6-2 190 4.52 Rancho Cucamonga CA UCLA
43 RB Keith Ford 5-11 195 4.5 Cypress Ranch TX Oklahoma
44 OL Patrick Kugler 6-5 280 4.9 Wexford North Allegheny PA Michigan
45 DL Kendell Beckwith 6-2 220 4.7 East Feliciana Parish Encrichme LA LSU
46 DL Joey Bosa 6-5 260 4.75 Fort Lauderdale St Thomas Aquinas FL Ohio St
47 WR Ardarius Stewart 6-3 190 4.5 Fultondale AL Alabama
48 DB Leon Mcquay 6-1 185 4.6 Seffner Armwood FL USC
49 LB Alex Anzalone 6-3 229 4.5 Wyomissing PA Florida
50 WR Steven Mitchell 5-11 170 4.5 Mission Hills Bishop Alemany CA USC
51 WR Derrick Griffin 6-6 215 4.6 Rosenberg Terry TX Texas A&M
52 DL Alquadin Muhammad 6-3 230 4.65 Ramsey Don Bosco Prep NJ Miami, Fl
53 LB Mike Mitchell 6-4 215 4.58 Plano Prestonwood Christian TX Ohio St
54 OL Dorian Johnson 6-6 275 5.2 Belle Vernon PA Pittsburgh
55 QB Kevin Olsen 6-3 196 4.75 Wayne Hills NJ Miami, Fl
56 DL Demarcus Walker 6-4 279 4.65 Jacksonville Sandalwood FL Florida St
57 WR James Quick 6-1 175 4.4 Louisville Trinity KY Louisville
58 LB Larenz Bryant 6-2 210 4.58 Charlotte Zebulon B Vance NC South Carolina
59 TE Hunter Henry 6-6 240 4.8 Little Rock Pulaski Academy AR Arkansas
60 DB Eli Apple 6-1 185 4.5 Voorhees Eastern NJ Ohio St
61 DL Justin Manning 6-2 275 5 Dallas Justin F Kimball TX Texas A&M
62 RB Taquan Mizzell 5-10 183 4.5 Virginia Beach Bayside VA Virginia
63 RB Justin Davis 6-1 195 4.5 Stockton Lincoln CA USC
64 DL Elijah Daniel 6-3 252 4.8 Avon IN Mississippi
65 DL Henry Poggi 6-4 260 4.9 Baltimore Gilman MD Michigan
66 OL Kyle Bosch 6-5 285 5.2 Wheaton St Francis IL Michigan
67 DB Dymonte Thomas 6-1 175 4.5 Alliance Marlington OH Michigan
68 DB Chris Hawkins 6-0 170 4.45 Rancho Cucamonga CA USC
69 LB Dorian O'Daniel 6-1 200 4.5 Olney Our Lady Of Good Counsel MD Clemson
70 OL Jake Raulerson 6-5 250 5.1 Celina TX Texas
71 DL Tim Williams 6-4 230 4.7 Baton Rouge Lsu Laboratory School LA Alabama
72 LB Trey Johnson 6-1 220 4.6 Lawrenceville Central Gwinnett GA Ohio St
73 WR Damore'Ea Stringfellow 6-2 185 4.5 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde CA Washington
74 WR Tramel Terry 6-0 190 4.4 Goose Creek SC Georgia
75 OL Evan Lisle 6-6 265 5 Centerville OH Ohio St
76 DL Kylie Fitts 6-4 260 4.8 Redlands East Valley CA N/A
77 LB Michael Hutchings 6-2 210 4.6 Concord De La Salle CA USC
78 QB Tyrone Swoopes 6-5 220 4.6 Whitewright TX Texas
79 OL Steve Elmer 6-6 305 5 Midland MI Notre Dame
80 DB Tray Matthews 6-1 190 4.5 Newnan GA Georgia
81 OL Darius James 6-5 319 5.3 Killeen Harker Heights TX Texas
82 DB Marcell Harris 6-2 200 4.52 Orlando Dr Phillips FL Florida
83 WR Stacy Coley 6-1 175 4.5 Oakland Park Northeast FL N/A
84 WR Tyler Boyd 6-1 175 4.5 Clairton PA Pittsburgh
85 QB Cooper Bateman 6-3 190 4.7 Salt Lake City Cottonwood Senior UT Alabama
86 DB Vonn Bell 6-1 190 4.47 Rossville Ridgeland GA N/A
87 OL David Dawson 6-5 305 5.4 Detroit Cass Tech MI Michigan
88 OL Chris Fox 6-6 297 5.3 Parker Ponderosa CO Michigan
89 OL Austin Golson 6-4 277 5.2 Prattville AL N/A
90 DB Holland Fisher 6-1 202 4.5 Midlothian Manchester VA Virginia Tech
91 DB Tre'Davious White 5-11 160 4.4 Shreveport Green Oaks LA LSU
92 OL Khaliel Rodgers 6-3 300 5.2 Elkton Eastern Christian Academy MD USC
93 WR Stanvon Taylor 5-11 180 4.5 Tulsa East Central OK Oklahoma
94 TE Marcus Baugh 6-4 226 4.6 Riverside Jw North CA Ohio St
95 RB Tyren Jones 5-8 185 4.5 Marietta Walton GA Alabama
96 LB Peter Kalambayi 6-2 235 4.6 Matthews David W Butler NC Stanford
97 WR Demarcus Robinson 6-2 195 4.5 Fort Valley Peach County GA Florida
98 DL Torrodney Prevot 6-3 201 4.55 Houston Taylor TX USC
99 WR Jake Oliver 6-4 194 4.6 Dallas Jesuit TX Texas
100 DL Greg Gilmore 6-4 270 4.8 Hope Mills South View NC LSU

Most Top 100 Commits

USC 12
Alabama 10
Michigan 8
Ohio St 8
Texas 6
Florida 5
Notre Dame 4
LSU 4
Texas A&M 3

Top 100 Commits By Conference

SEC 30
Big 10 18
Pac-12 16
ACC 10
Big 12 8
Indep 4
Big East 1